The Public Record
A searchable archive of 1,306,778 cited political quotes.
On this day
236 years ago · 1790
“I shall conceive myself bound to exert the powers intrusted to me by the Constitution in order to carry into faithful execution the treaty of Hopewell”
— George Washington
184 years ago · 1842
“The surrender to justice of persons who, having committed high crimes, seek an asylum in the territories of a neighboring nation would seem to be an act due to the cause of…”
— John Tyler
132 years ago · 1894
“The authority attempted by the bill to be given to the President to thus make an appointment to the office of paymaster in the Navy without the interposition of the Senate appears…”
— Grover Cleveland
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He [Jack Smith] has agreed voluntarily to come before this Senate Judiciary Committee and answer questions under oath… [Republicans] owe it to him to tell his story under oath and [Republicans] refused to [bring him before the Committee]…
I hereby object to any effort to put the Senate into recess in August — at least until such time as the Senate has passed the SAVE America Act — and hereby request a roll call vote.
There were times when I really felt like the good Lord was trying to teach me something. And there were times when all I had to rely on was the Scripture: You walk by faith, not by sight. And that’s what we do. You keep moving forward.
These are bogus spending allegations perpetrated by dishonest unelected OCC bureaucrats, and as the fifth Texas GOP ally of the president to endure one of these attacks, I am confident the House Ethics Committee will confirm their baseless…
For the first time since the law was enacted, a concurrent resolution has passed in accordance with 5(c) of the law, but the White House has ignored it.
